The Ministry of Labor of Ecuador temporarily suspended Vice President Verónica Abad from officejust three months before the February elections of next year in which President Daniel Noboa will seek re-election.
According to the resolution – dated Friday, but released on Saturday – the official, who is also the South American country’s ambassador to Israel, He committed a “serious” disciplinary offense by failing to comply in due time with a Foreign Ministry order to travel to Türkiye before September 1.
Abad arrived in that country a week later, according to the Ministry of Labor document, which details that the official, who maintains a difficult relationship with Noboa, She would be separated from her position for five months and without pay.
Abad could not immediately be reached for comment. His legal representative, Damián Armijos, questioned the ruling which, he said, had been appealed by the defense if a favorable result. “This procedure will remain in history of the abuse of power above the Constitution, the law and rights“he wrote on the social network X.
Electoral campaigns in Ecuador are scheduled to begin in January and, according to local law, Noboa would have to leave the current vice president in office to be able to participate in them.
